Celebrate St. James 18 Month Calendar

January 2018 Sponsored by King Kullen 472 Lake Avenue St. James, NY 11780

Photography - Jack Ader

​Historic Consultant - Bradley Harris

The St. James Episcopal Church was build in 1854 by local Episcopalians who wanted a church close to home. Before this Church was erected, they had to travel to Setauket or Islip to worship. the congregants chose the name St. James in honor of James Clinch of New York City, the man who was the primary benefactor of the church, and whose daughter was married to John Lawrence Smith of Smithtown. The name of St. James seems to have been a popular one with the local residents of the community surrounding the church, so much so that when the federal government opened its first post office in the area on June 9, 1856, it called the postal district St. James.​